The Ladder and METS (Gender Mainstreaming Manual)

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Aims and objectives

The Ladder provides an all-round picture of all the steps that, according to the Gender Mainstreaming Support Committee, should be included in systematic, continuous work for gender mainstreamingMETS is to be used for planning development work. Gender mainstreaming should initially involve some type of delimited development work in which responsibility, tasks and roles are clearly allocated. It is important therefore to have an action plan for the hands-on work. Such a plan can be drawn up using the Checklist for Planning and Organising Development Work (METS). This plan will then determine the level of objectives andplans in the operation itself.EXPECTED RESULTSWorking with the METS model can provide:• an overview of what the organisation has to do to organise its gender mainstreamingwork• a shared view of the current situation in the organisation, and an awareness of howthe work can proceed• a basis for planning the management and organisation of gender mainstreaming work.